Mitsubishi ASX MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Mitsubishi ASX in Great Britain in 2025 — 28,733 tests. Figures cover every ASX first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the ASX ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
74.5%
2.2 points above the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
28,733
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
7.1%
of ASX first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
76,250
middle half: 58,750–96,250 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How many Mitsubishi ASX cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 28,816 Mitsubishi ASX cars that were taxed or on SORN: 27,906 taxed and 910 on SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification — kept, but declared off the road by the keeper). The MOT figures above count tests; these count cars, across the whole United Kingdom, cars only. Mitsubishi ASX vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
27,906
96.8% of the 28,816 ASX cars taxed or on SORN; 38 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
910
declared off the road by their keepers — 3.2% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed ASX cars peaked at 30,638 at the end of 2021 and has since fallen by 2,732 (8.9%) to 27,906 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 114 at the end of 2014 to 910 at the end of 2025, up 698.2%. A car leaves the taxed count when it is scrapped, exported or declared off the road; the year-end counts do not say which.

Taxed ASX cars, year by year

Cars of this model taxed and on the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025.

010k20k30k40k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed ASX cars, year 2014: 14kTaxed ASX cars, year 2015: 19kTaxed ASX cars, year 2016: 22kTaxed ASX cars, year 2017: 25kTaxed ASX cars, year 2018: 28kTaxed ASX cars, year 2019: 29kTaxed ASX cars, year 2020: 30kTaxed ASX cars, year 2021: 31kTaxed ASX cars, year 2022: 30kTaxed ASX cars, year 2023: 29kTaxed ASX cars, year 2024: 29kTaxed ASX cars, year 2025: 28k28k
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YearTaxed ASX cars
201413,632
201518,540
201621,870
201725,048
201827,655
201928,998
202029,942
202130,638
202230,273
202329,477
202428,869
202527,906

ASX cars on SORN, year by year

Cars of this model declared off the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025. Its own scale — SORN counts are a fraction of the taxed count.

02004006008001k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)ASX cars on SORN, year 2014: 114ASX cars on SORN, year 2015: 57ASX cars on SORN, year 2016: 85ASX cars on SORN, year 2017: 154ASX cars on SORN, year 2018: 169ASX cars on SORN, year 2019: 215ASX cars on SORN, year 2020: 313ASX cars on SORN, year 2021: 298ASX cars on SORN, year 2022: 383ASX cars on SORN, year 2023: 518ASX cars on SORN, year 2024: 696ASX cars on SORN, year 2025: 910910
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YearASX cars on SORN
2014114
201557
201685
2017154
2018169
2019215
2020313
2021298
2022383
2023518
2024696
2025910

Which model years survive

Taxed ASX cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 27,906 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. A build year's count depends on how many were sold that year as well as how many have lasted.

Year of manufacture Taxed, end of 2025Share of taxed ASX cars
20214881.7%
20201,4455.2%
20191,5875.7%
20182,2127.9%
20173,94114.1%
20163,14411.3%
20154,40915.8%
20143,54812.7%
20132,2298.0%
20121,8576.7%
20111,7816.4%
20101,2654.5%

Population source: Department for Transport / DVLA vehicle licensing statistics, table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026; counts of the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, United Kingdom, cars only, excluding cars recorded with no model name. SortedCars groups DVLA's model name ASX under this model. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, DVLA or the Department for Transport.

How the ASX ages

First-time pass rate by vehicle age, ASX vs all cars, 2025.

Mitsubishi ASXAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Mitsubishi ASX, vehicle age 4: 90.6%Mitsubishi ASX, vehicle age 5: 89.8%Mitsubishi ASX, vehicle age 6: 89.6%Mitsubishi ASX, vehicle age 7: 84.1%Mitsubishi ASX, vehicle age 8: 78.7%Mitsubishi ASX, vehicle age 9: 77.9%Mitsubishi ASX, vehicle age 10: 74.7%Mitsubishi ASX, vehicle age 11: 68.2%Mitsubishi ASX, vehicle age 12: 64.5%Mitsubishi ASX, vehicle age 13: 66.7%Mitsubishi ASX, vehicle age 14: 62.9%Mitsubishi ASX, vehicle age 15: 60.6%All cars, vehicle age 3: 88.5%All cars, vehicle age 4: 87.2%All cars, vehicle age 5: 86%All cars, vehicle age 6: 83.5%All cars, vehicle age 7: 80.9%All cars, vehicle age 8: 78.2%All cars, vehicle age 9: 74.9%All cars, vehicle age 10: 71.9%All cars, vehicle age 11: 68.6%All cars, vehicle age 12: 65.8%All cars, vehicle age 13: 63.5%All cars, vehicle age 14: 61.2%All cars, vehicle age 15: 59.3%All cars, vehicle age 16: 58.3%All cars, vehicle age 17: 57.2%All cars, vehicle age 18: 57.4%All cars, vehicle age 19: 57%All cars, vehicle age 20: 57.6%Mitsubishi ASX 60.6%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)ASX testsASX pass rateAll cars
451190.6%87.2%
51,48589.8%86.0%
61,61089.6%83.5%
72,19684.1%80.9%
83,98278.7%78.2%
93,17777.9%74.9%
104,45674.7%71.9%
113,65668.2%68.6%
122,33764.5%65.8%
131,99866.7%63.5%
141,91762.9%61.2%
151,40860.6%59.3%

Better or worse than the average car?

The ASX's pass rate minus the all-cars pass rate at each age, in percentage points. Bars above zero: the ASX beats the average car of that age. Below zero: it trails.

ASX aheadASX behind
-8-4+0+4+8Age 4: +3.4 points vs the average carAge 5: +3.8 points vs the average car5Age 6: +6.1 points vs the average carAge 7: +3.2 points vs the average car7Age 8: +0.5 points vs the average carAge 9: +3.0 points vs the average car9Age 10: +2.8 points vs the average carAge 11: -0.4 points vs the average car11Age 12: -1.3 points vs the average carAge 13: +3.2 points vs the average car13Age 14: +1.7 points vs the average carAge 15: +1.3 points vs the average car15Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
4+3.4
5+3.8
6+6.1
7+3.2
8+0.5
9+3.0
10+2.8
11-0.4
12-1.3
13+3.2
14+1.7
15+1.3

The ASX fleet on the road, by age

How many took a first MOT in 2025 at each age — the shape of the ASX fleet still in use.

01k2k3k5kAge 4: 5114Age 5: 1kAge 6: 1k6Age 7: 2kAge 8: 3k8Age 9: 3kAge 10: 4k10Age 11: 3kAge 12: 2k12Age 13: 1kAge 14: 1k14Age 15: 1k15Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
4511
51,485
61,610
72,196
83,982
93,177
104,456
113,656
122,337
131,998
141,917
151,408

What an ASX fails on

Where the failure items land when an ASX fails or needs a fix at test, 2025. Use it as a pre-purchase checklist: these are the areas to look at first.

Brakes29.8%
Suspension20.7%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment13.5%
Tyres10.0%
Visibility7.8%
Steering7.1%
Noise, emissions and leaks5.0%
Body, chassis, structure4.1%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (98.0% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

Where testers most often write "keep an eye on this" for a ASX, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Brakes: 38.2% of advisories38.2%Tyres: 25.1% of advisories25.1%Suspension: 23.2% of advisories23.2%Non-component advisories: 5.1% of advisoriesBody, chassis, structure: 3.5% of advisoriesNoise, emissions and leaks: 2.6% of advisories
BrakesTyresSuspensionNon-component advisoriesBody, chassis, structureNoise, emissions and leaks
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CategoryShare of advisories
Brakes38.2%
Tyres25.1%
Suspension23.2%
Non-component advisories5.1%
Body, chassis, structure3.5%
Noise, emissions and leaks2.6%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid ASX?

First-time pass rate for the two most-tested ASX fuel types, 2025, against the all-cars average. Fleet ages differ by fuel — newer fleets help the electrified bars.

50%60%70%80%90%100%all cars 72.3%Diesel: 71.1% of 14,497 tests71.1%Diesel14,497 testsPetrol: 78.0% of 14,234 tests78.0%Petrol14,234 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Diesel14,49771.1%
Petrol14,23478.0%

What mileage is normal for an ASX?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) ASX; the shaded band holds the middle half. A car far outside the band, in either direction, is worth questions the recorded history can answer.

Typical ASX (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k46810121415Vehicle age (years)Age 4: typical 31,250 miles (middle half 21,250–43,750)Age 5: typical 33,750 miles (middle half 23,750–43,750)Age 6: typical 38,750 miles (middle half 28,750–51,250)Age 7: typical 48,750 miles (middle half 36,250–66,250)Age 8: typical 58,750 miles (middle half 43,750–73,750)Age 9: typical 68,750 miles (middle half 51,250–86,250)Age 10: typical 76,250 miles (middle half 58,750–96,250)Age 11: typical 86,250 miles (middle half 66,250–106,250)Age 12: typical 91,250 miles (middle half 71,250–113,750)Age 13: typical 101,250 miles (middle half 81,250–121,250)Age 14: typical 111,250 miles (middle half 91,250–133,750)Age 15: typical 118,750 miles (middle half 96,250–141,250)118k mi

Mileage values are midpoints of 2,500-mile bands.

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
421,25031,25043,750
523,75033,75043,750
628,75038,75051,250
736,25048,75066,250
843,75058,75073,750
951,25068,75086,250
1058,75076,25096,250
1166,25086,250106,250
1271,25091,250113,750
1381,250101,250121,250
1491,250111,250133,750
1596,250118,750141,250

What fails at each age

The ASX's failure mix by age band, 2025 — each band's top categories at their true share of that band's failure items; the pale remainder is everything else. How the mix shifts with age is the point of the chart.

TyresBrakesVisibilityLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentSuspensionSteeringBody, chassis, structureEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsTyres35.1%
3-5 yrsBrakes28.6%
3-5 yrsVisibility15.3%
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment8.5%
3-5 yrsSuspension5.2%
3-5 yrsEverything else7.3%
6-9 yrsBrakes43.0%
6-9 yrsTyres17.5%
6-9 yrsSuspension13.2%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment7.3%
6-9 yrsVisibility7.1%
6-9 yrsEverything else11.9%
10-13 yrsBrakes33.0%
10-13 yrsSuspension24.2%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment8.9%
10-13 yrsTyres8.7%
10-13 yrsSteering8.4%
10-13 yrsEverything else16.8%
14+ yrsSuspension30.0%
14+ yrsBrakes20.8%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment13.3%
14+ yrsSteering8.4%
14+ yrsBody, chassis, structure8.1%
14+ yrsEverything else19.4%

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How these figures are computed. Every number on this page is calculated by SortedCars from the DVSA anonymised MOT results dataset (every MOT test in Great Britain — 2025 for single-year figures; trend figures state their span, currently 2023–2025). Where a figure comes from a sample or uses banded values (mileage is banded to 2,500 miles), the page says so beside the figure. Test class 4 only, first tests only — retests are excluded. Class 4 is the car MOT class and also covers car-derived vans, pickups and motorhomes tested to the same standard; where this page says "cars" it means class 4. Pass rate = passes ÷ (passes + failures + pass-after-rectification): a vehicle that failed and was fixed during the visit counts as a fail. Pass rates describe fleets, not individual machines: they reflect how cars were driven, maintained and used as well as how they were built, and beyond recorded mileage none of that is in the data. A well-kept example of a model with a weak average can still pass; a neglected example of a strong one can still fail. No figure is shown for any group with fewer than 500 tests. Alias spellings of a make in the DVSA file are counted under one make name, and all trims and variants of a model are grouped under one model name, using SortedCars' grouping tables. The taxed and SORN counts on this page are the one exception: they are not computed from MOT records but taken from the Department for Transport's vehicle licensing statistics (DfT/DVLA table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0), which count the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, UK-wide, cars only. They describe a model as a whole, grouped under SortedCars' model names, and say nothing about any one car. “Dangerous” is DVSA's statutory defect category (in force since May 2018): a defect posing an immediate risk to road safety — driving the vehicle before repair is an offence. What these figures are for. These statistics are general information about groups of vehicles. They are not advice, a valuation or a recommendation to buy, avoid or price any particular vehicle, and no decision about one car should rest on them alone — check the car itself and its own records. We take care over the calculations, but we cannot guarantee they are complete, current or free of error, and we accept no liability for loss arising from reliance on them. This does not limit any liability that cannot lawfully be limited — see our Terms & Conditions. If you believe any figure on this page is inaccurate, contact us. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the DVSA or DVLA. DVSA publishes the raw test records; the statistics on this page are SortedCars' own calculations from them. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.